On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Newman, Christopher <cjnewman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > By the way; one poster noted that by implementing a delay, one could avoid > data corruption. Has anyone actually used this to good effect? My > impression of this option is that you have to be "Johnny on the Spot" to > stop the apply in time, and it lengthens your recovery time. Real time > apply is the way to go at any rate. > Carel-Jan Engel has used this to great effect. I seem to recall he saved a client a great deal of time, effort and of course money by having a delay. He used to participate on this list, and is *the* DG expert IMO. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist